Third year of University (a.k.a Hell)

So I'm now in my third year of Uni, studying Criminology and Law. (time has completely flown!) And I'm currently having to do my dissertation. Fml. 10,000 words needed by the end of March, it may seem like a lot of time...but when you're trying to juggle other things it's not! I've only done 3,000 words so far and the panic has set in. So much so that I feel I definitely shouldn't be writing out this blog post instead of focusing on that...but you know when you're just not in the correct state of mind? That is me today.

It wouldn't be as bad if they weren't giving us other work with overlapping dates to do as well, meaning that I have to keep targeting my focus elsewhere instead of just being able to focus on my dissertation. Ugh. 
However if you're reading, don't look at this post as if I'm trying to put you off going to University; I'm definitely not doing that. I'm just having a bad time at the moment (every student has one). I'm trying to juggle all the essays, my job in a restaurant and just general things that are going on in my life right now. Stressed.

University is a great option in my opinion, it's been the best decision I've ever made. Even though it took me a long time to decide! I've made some great friends for life, gained more independence/sense of achievement and finally got away from the troubles I was having at home and since I'm not seeing my family every single day things seem to have settled down a lot. I'm a much happier person because of it.

If anyone is in similar shoes to me I'd like to offer a little bit of help...
I would definitely recommend getting this book to help you with your dissertation. Even though only you'll know exactly what it is that you are writing about this book helps with those little annoyances such as; the layout of your essay, guidelines for what is needed in each section, how to reference correctly and other little tips and tricks to ensure that you get the best grade! 

It's £60.00 for a hardcover copy, but if you're anything like me and and you like to write notes inside the book, use post-its to mark pages or fold them down in the corners then the £19.73 paperback option would be much better for you! I also seriously can't bring myself to spend that much on a book that I'm just going to ruin or only use for a short amount of time. The course I'm doing has already taken a lot of my money for other books too, since the Law is constantly changing you always have to make sure you have the newest copy of each book! The library at my campus does have this book but as mentioned above, I'm a note-taker! Haha :)

Although it says on the cover that it covers applied social science subjects, the majority of my friends...even those who aren't studying a social science have been using my book and they've all said that it's helped them a lot! 

There is also a companion website which is also a great help if you can't get the book.

I understand I probably couldn't have picked a more boring topic to write about, but I wanted to vent a bit of my stress and share something that I find to be really helpful! You know, just in case anyone else is in the same boat as me!